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Re: NATLANG: [t_md] vs [t_ad]?

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Saturday, May 14, 2005, 20:26
Steven Williams wrote:

>--- "Joseph a.k.a Buck" <zhosh@...> wrote: > > >>Does anyone know of a natlang which requires >>differentiation of a laminal-dental plosive from >>apical-dental plosive: [t_md] vs [t_ad] or [d_md] >>vs [d_ad] ? >> >> > >I know that at least one natlang does, but for the >life of me, I can't remember it. Maybe an Indic >language? > >Tons of languages differentiate laminal-dental and >apical-dental fricatives and affricates: Basque, is a >good example. > >
Isn't that more laminal-alveolar vs. apical-dental?

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